Better health and ageing for all Australians

Needle and Syringe Program

Return on investment in needle and syringe programs in Australia: report

This report considers the economic effectiveness of needle and syringe programs in Australia.

Needle & Syringe Program

. Treatment service users project
. Strategic framework 2010-2014
. Return on investment publications
.. 2009 report
.. 2002 summary
.. 2002 report
. Review of enablers & barriers of Indigenous drug users accessing needle & syringe programs
. Information kit
. National audit of community needle & syringe disposal facilities

Return on investment in needle and syringe programs in Australia: report (html)
Return on investment in needle and syringe programs in Australia: report (PDF 713 KB large file)

The same publication in smaller sections:

Cover pages (PDF 95 KB)
Executive summary (PDF 23 KB)
1. Introduction (PDF 16 KB)
2. An overview of needle and syringe programs (NSPs) (PDF 18 KB)
3. The impact of NSPs on HIV and HCV (PDF 89 KB)
4. Financial effects of NSPs (PDF 138 KB)
5. Quality of life (QoL) effects of NSPs (PDF 141 KB)
Appendix A: Overview of state and territory needle and syringe programs (PDF 48 KB)
Appendix B: Discussion of the methodology used in the ecological study (PDF 11 KB)
Appendix C: Detailed tables of effects of NSPs on HIV and HCV (PDF 72 KB)
Appendix D: Detailed tables on financial effects and NPV of NSPs (PDF 46 KB)
Appendix E: Detailed tables on quality of life effects of NSPs (PDF 50 KB)
Appendix F: References (PDF 58 KB)

Page last reviewed: 18 April 2011

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